Volunteering at the Animal Shelter

This week I officially began volunteering at the local adoption center for my county's animal services. They are trying to become a No-Kill facility and I really want to support that. I needed to volunteer somewhere and get back into the groove of things anyway so the shelter was a perfect place to start.

I walked five dogs for two hours on Wednesday. I was exhausted! The dogs were beutiful though and they got  a lot of attention. I really hope that some of the people that commented on them while we walked went over to the shelter to check them out and maybe give them a new home. One of the big reasons that I decided to walk dogs at the shelter was so that I could learn more about dogs and training them. But, I found that I learned a little more about people this week than dogs. People really like dogs, a lot. I can't stress this enough. Everyone just started smiling when they saw the dogs go by. It was funny to watch. I really enjoyed my time volunteering. I'm considering going to volunteer today. I need to recouperate though so I might wait until next week. I need to build up my strength!

I am really hoping that this will help me learn some things that I am going to need to know before training my own service dog. Also, I'll gain some mental and physical stamina volunteering too. It isn't like working, it's easier for me, but it's enough of a challenge to keep me on my toes. I think that it will keep me going while I'm not working. I'm ready for a new challenge. I'm actually really looking forward to talking to my therapist about volunteering. It has been a while since I've had something really positive to talk about so I'm happy to have a good topic.